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Experience Days Videos
Would you like to re-watch one of the videos? Then check out this playlist featuring Admissions, Career Counsellors and programme presentations.
In this playlist, you will find both the admissions presentations and short presentations of your programme coordinators. Don't hesitate to visit our Youtube channel, there is lots more interesting video content about studying at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics.
What is it like to study at the School of Business and Economics?
In this YouTube series, our students answer some of the most frequently asked questions.
Apply on Studielink: mind the deadlines!
- Economics and Business Economics – 1 May 2022 (EU/EEA-students), 1 April 2022 (Non-EU/EEA-students)
- International Business - 15 January 2022
- Fiscal Economics (partly taught in Dutch) – 1 May 2022 (EU/EEA-students), 1 April 2022 (Non-EU/EEA-students)
- Econometrics and Operations Research – 1 May 2022 (EU/EEA-students), 1 April 2022 (Non-EU/EEA-students)
- Business Engineering – 1 May 2022 (EU/EEA-students), 1 April 2022 (Non-EU/EEA-students)
- Business Analytics - 1 May 2022 (EU/EEA-students), 1 April 2022 (Non-EU/EEA-students)
Pregnancy
Congratulations on your pregnancy! Below you will find information about having a healthy pregnancy at work, and for arranging pregnancy leave and maternity leave. Please speak to your manager and contact your HR advisor for support.
- Information about pregnancy leave and maternity leave
- Information about working during pregnancy
- Our leaflet about pregnancy for employees is available for download here (coming soon)
- Our leaflet about pregnancy for managers is available for download here (coming soon)
Parenthood
UM helps expectant and new parents to combine parenthood with working responsibilities. Below you will find some useful information; please contact your HR advisor for support.
When your partner gives birth, you are entitled to partner leave. In total you can take 6 weeks of partner leave. At UM, you receive 100% of your salary during this leave.
If you adopt a child or take in a foster child, you are entitled to leave.
If you are the parent or guardian of a child younger than 8, you are entitled to parental leave.
If you wish to continue breastfeeding your baby after you return to work, you may spend up to a maximum of 25% of your working hours per day on lactation, until your baby is nine months old. To do this, you can make use of one of the breastfeeding rooms around the university. There are also baby-changing facilities installed in several UM buildings.
In order to facilitate a smooth return to work after maternity leave, it is important to have childcare arrangements in place. A number of different types of childcare are available, so you can choose the type which suits you and your family best. Be aware that waiting lists may apply; it is usually advisable to register for childcare already before your baby is born. You can apply for a subsidy from the tax authorities for the cost of childcare.
If you are an academic member of staff on a tenure track, the tenure decision can be delayed in case of special circumstances (such as maternity or parental leave taken). Please refer to the Tenure Track Regulations.
Leave
Sometimes caring responsibilities will cause you to be absent during working hours. In such situations, you may be eligible for care leave or extraordinary leave. Please contact your HR advisor for support.
Flexible working
UM offers a number of options for achieving a better work-life balance:
International staff
Welcome to the Netherlands! Moving from one country to another can be both exciting and stressful. Particularly if you’re bringing your family with you, you probably have many questions about practical matters. The Knowledge Centre for International Staff is ready to assist you. The Expat Centre Maastricht Region also provides services to internationals in Maastricht, and websites such as xpat.nl contain useful information about life in the Netherlands, for example what to expect of pregnancy and childbirth.
Rights and duties
If you are combining your studies at Maastricht University with caring responsibilities, you may be eligible for preferred scheduling and an extra exam opportunity, depending on your circumstances. Please get in touch with the study advisor to discuss the options and support available. You furthermore have the same rights as all students to study guidance and the services of a student advisor, career counsellor, and UM psychologist. You can find further information about the support available on the website of the Student Services Centre.
If you are pregnant or studying with special circumstances (such as family circumstances), you may be eligible for services (such as an adjusted exam location due to pregnancy). You also have the right to use the lactation- and resting rooms at UM. Please get in touch with your study advisor or the student deans as soon as possible, they are there to help you.
For more information about facilities or accommodations for studying mothers at UM please see the webpage.
Make sure to report special circumstances to your study advisor or a student dean in a timely manner, follow the recommendations of the study advisor or student dean closely, and try your best to keep the study delay to a minimum.
Financial support
If you are a Dutch student, or from an EEA country or Switzerland and working in The Netherlands at least 56 hours per month, you are entitled to financial support if you incur a study delay due to special circumstances (such as pregnancy, childbirth, or special family circumstances). Please check the regulations of the ‘profileringsfonds’ for further information about your rights and obligations. For other nationals, and for EEA/Swiss nationals who do not meet the work requirement, this financial support is unfortunately not available.
Pregnancy and parenthood
If you are expecting a child, it is important to be aware that students in the Netherlands do not have the right to formal maternity/parental leave. Please inform the study advisor or student deans about the pregnancy in a timely manner, in order to discuss how to proceed with your study programme. Below is a list of useful resources regarding pregnancy and childcare:
- Xpat.nl provides an overview of how pregnancy and childbirth are dealt with in the Netherlands.
- Stichting Steunpunt Studerende Moeders has a wealth of information and advice available for students (only in Dutch)
- There are different types of childcare available in the Netherlands. From the age of 3 months your child can attend a daycare; some daycares may also accept children younger than this. Please note that many daycares in Maastricht currently have waiting lists, so it’s important that you register for a space on time. Via the tax authorities you can apply for a subsidy for childcare costs, please see here (in English) and here (in Dutch). You must be national of an EEA country or Switzerland, or have a valid residence or work permit in the Netherlands;
- You may be eligible for child benefit in some situations; please check the conditions here (in both English and Dutch). If you receive child benefit, the tax authorities will inform you if you on top of that are eligible for child budget. This is the case if your income is under a certain level; see here (in both English and Dutch).
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